Lancashire actress (and Northern Soul favourite) Julie Hesmondhalgh has recorded a poem in a bid to raise awareness and funds for Accrington-based charity, Maundy Relief. Two Metres Apart, written by East Lancashire writer...
Read MoreSomeone calls you ‘luv’ and you don’t sue them for sexual harassment. You can afford to live in a house with a garden. It’s raining. No-one thinks Boris Johnson is a ‘lovable buffoon’. They just think he’s a twat. The word...
Read MoreTransport yourself back through the mists of time. Way, way back, to October 2014, and picture this scene. A bored software developer sits at his desk, asking himself over and over “What kind of app can I create that will...
Read MoreIt all started with the film Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory. When my six-year-old self saw it for the first time I couldn’t get over the fact that singing was part of the story. Coming from a tone-deaf family, it seemed...
Read MoreFairytales are everywhere at the moment – not that they’ve been away – but we’ve become rather obsessed of late. From Neil Gaiman’s retelling of Sleeping Beauty (The Sleeper And The Spindle) to Frank Cottrell Boyce’s recent Red...
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